Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface : my grandparents workshop -- Failure and success in manufacturing : the General Motors - Toyota nummi joint venture -- The age of the artisan -- The stone age -- The urban revolution : the emergence of society -- Advances during antiquity -- The middle-ages in Europe -- The industrial revolution : manufacturing gets mechanized -- Early modern europe -- Pioneers of a new age : the factory system -- Fire is stronger than blood and water : steam power -- Interchangeable parts : the end of filing in assembly -- Social conflict -- Modern times : mass production for the masses -- Technological advances -- Science meets shop floor -- The assembly line and the era of the industrial empires -- Centrally planned economies : war, communism and other catastrophes -- *click* let-me-do-this-for-you *clack* : computers in manufacturing -- The Toyota production system and lean manufacturing -- The cutting edge -- Where are we now? -- Things to come -- Appendix -- Timelines -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author

Control code

ocn947953628

Dimensions

24 cm

Edition

1 Edition.

Extent

xxi, 411 pages

Isbn

9781498756303

Lccn

2016003463

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

System control number

(OCoLC)947953628

Context

Context of
"Faster, better, cheaper" in the history of manufacturing : from the Stone Age to lean manufacturing and beyond, Christoph Roser